Hi, I am aprox. 7 hours NEW with Vonage (Just got my ata today).I do have a couple of questions.I change my bandwith and actually 30 sounds better than 90 why?90 sounds like a VOX system or something. I have a cable modem with 2.5mbps down and 400kps down via twcarolina.All calls (all 8 of them ) have been clear with no drops or echos, sounds better than my POTS line!I did not have to forward ports as my ata worked great with the cheapo router that I have (A gigafast router) but just for laughs, I did forward the ports.That's basically all of my questions. so far it sounds great, I just hope it is not one of these service's that get's worse over time.Also I saw packet 8 after I purchased the Vonage phone stuff, nice price but just seems like packe8 is a great deal but I don't know about the company. Think will stick with Vonage. if anybody can answer the bandwidth question above I would be greatful.bird

The simple answer is that bandwidth fluctuates. I am capable of getting 2000/384 but I don't always get it.I had a problem with people not hearing me but I could hear them. This is when I had the bandwidth saver at 90. I set it to 30, problem gone.

I really don't believe that forwarding the ports make a difference unless you have 2 atas and a linksys router.